Monday, March 14, 2011

Which genetic condition should I choose for a biology project?

Question by ButaCoron: Which genetic condition ought to I choose for a biology project?
Agammagoblulinemia
Albinism
Alcaptonuria
Alzheimer's
Charcot-marie-Tooth
Cleft lip/palate
Clubfoot
Coffin Lowry syndrone
Colorblindness
Diabetes mellitus
Down's syndrome
Fragile X syndrome
Galactosemia
Glaucoma
Hereditary deafness
Hereditary cataract
Hurler's syndrome
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertension
Maple syrup urine disease
Marfan syndrome
Muscular dystrophy
Phenylketonuria
Progeria
Pyloric stenosis
Spina bifida
Thalassemia
Trisomy 9
Trisomy 13
Trisomy 18
Turner syndrome
Tuberous sclerosis
Xeroderma pigmentosa

These are the genetic conditions that I have to decide on from, but I could pick a genetic condition not on the list as lengthy as there is enough info for me to use to answer a couple of questions.

These questions are about the affects of the condition, symptoms, treatment, inheritance pattern and a lot of other genetic information, genetic trigger, diagnosis, cures or analysis for a cure, expected life span of a person w/ condition, frequency, and a punnet square to represent feasible outcomes of offspring, etc.

If anyone would like to know what the precise questions are, please feel totally free to post a comment letting me know, and I will attempt to post up the questions ASAP

Which genetic conditions will enable me to uncover substantial details? please give me a couple of conditions as I may now get my very first option, and please explain why you recommend it. Thank you


Very best answer:

Answer by A Swagg
if you're going for an effortless one i would say color blindness simply because i think it is fairly easy to comprehend how it is passed on, but for something a lot more challenging that you could learn much more from i would go with downs syndrome.



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  1. Hard to really say but if I was doing it I would chose Tay-Sachs disease (abbreviated TSD, also known as GM2 gangliosidosis or Hexosaminidase A deficiency).

    It is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder. In its most common variant known as infantile Tay-Sachs disease it presents with a relentless deterioration of mental and physical abilities which commences at 6 months of age and usually results in death by the age of four.

    Research in the late 20th century demonstrated that Tay-Sachs disease is caused by a genetic mutation on the HEXA gene on chromosome 15. A large number of HEXA mutations have been discovered, and new ones are still being reported. These mutations reach significant frequencies in several populations. French Canadians of southeastern Quebec have a carrier frequency similar to Ashkenazi Jews, but they carry a different mutation. Many Cajuns of southern Louisiana carry the same mutation that is most common in Ashkenazi Jews. Most HEXA mutations are rare, and do not occur in genetically isolated populations. The disease can potentially occur from the inheritance of two unrelated mutations in the HEXA gene. Which is one of the reasons that it is so interesting because generally you need the same mutation.

    Until the 1970s and 80s, when the molecular genetics of the disease became known, the juvenile and adult forms of the disease were not always recognized as variants of TSD. Post-infantile Tay-Sachs was often mis-diagnosed as another neurological disorder, such as Friedreich ataxia.[5] Patients with LOTS frequently become full-time wheelchair users in adulthood, but many live full adult lives if psychiatric and physical difficulties are accommodated. Psychiatric symptoms and seizures can be controlled with medications.

    If you want to do it on this and need any help please let me know.

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